Example sentences of "it take a [adj] deal [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It takes a good deal of suppleness to be able to get both your elbows onto the ground — you might only get your hands flat on the floor to begin with . |
2 | As Lord er the Lord Chief Justice said in a television programme Question Time er two nights ago it takes a good deal of experience before somebody 's qualified to be a judge and when you do become a judge you have a great deal to learn . |
3 | It takes a great deal of prestidigitatory skill to poison someone before your very eyes so to speak . ’ |
4 | It takes a great deal of sensitivity to provide activities which stimulate the patient 's interest , without exhausting him or making him frustrated if he can not achieve what he wants or what you hope for . |
5 | Since foxes are basically nocturnal animals it takes a great deal of time and patience to shoot a fox , and also a good shot at close range . |
6 | It takes a great deal of time to embroider a sampler in silks or wools , but it is a much swifter process when using pressed flowers . |
7 | It takes a great deal of time and money to establish a brand which explains why predators may be willing , when purchasing a company with strong brand identification , to pay far more than the stock market valuation of that company . |
8 | The major problem with the method is that it takes a great deal of time , attention and patience . |
9 | Inevitably it takes a great deal of time to go into these cases . |
10 | It took a good deal of time for me and it to get together . |
11 | And it took a great deal of effort to set up , a lot of work already done . |
12 | It took a great deal of courage — and self-love — to admit that all her suffering had been in vain . |
13 | For the educated mother in particular , it took a great deal of courage to reject a system of upbringing which combined quasi-religious appeals to ‘ duty ’ and ‘ rightness ’ and ‘ goodness ’ with a claim to be based on the rational attitudes which she herself , as a ‘ modern ’ woman , was supposed to have embraced . |
14 | It took a great deal of effort not to wriggle about as much as I normally did , but I feared him panicking more than the physical discomfort . |
15 | It took a great deal of acting skill not to show her vast irritation . |
16 | And so it took a great deal of time erm , in the nineteen thirties , for farmers to cease production . |
17 | It took a great deal of effort to resist adding the word ‘ yet ’ . |
18 | ‘ It took a great deal of courage for one man to stand up to the tobacco industry . |